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Radio traffic: Man trapped in burning car near closed fire station. Brown-out controversy in Lexington, KY.

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In Lexington, Kentucky yesterday afternoon, a 53-year-old man was trapped in a burning car one block from a fire station closed for the day because of budget cuts. Recently the fire chief said the brown-outs will continue to 2014.

WLEX-TV:

On the police radio tape, you hear officers repeatedly telling the dispatcher to tell firefighters to step it up, that the fire was spreading, and it was just too big and difficult to fight with fire extinguishers.

The good Samaritans say the victim was extremely lucky the accident happened near a nursing home that was equipped with plenty of fire extinguishers.  If not, they believe the 53-year-old man would have burned to death because the fire was spreading so quickly before firefighters arrived more than seven minutes later.

Fire Station No. 7, located just a block away, was closed due to city ordered brown-outs.

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Posted by on December 7, 2012 • Filed under: 911, 911 Audio, Administration & Leadership, Command & Leadership, Dispatch & Communications, Emergency Communications, EMS Dispatch, EMS Topics, fire, Fire Dispatch, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Fires, Funding & Staffing, News, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Lexington, KY firefighters help shield family from gunfire after their car collided with pumper. Story emerging from basketball celebration chaos.

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A story out of Lexington has emerged surrounding the “celebration” following Kentucky winning the NCAA Championship. According to WLEX-TV shots were fired on Limestone around 2:00 AM on April 3 that put a number of people in danger. Firefighters from Station 11 were dealing with a minor collision involving their rig. They were talking with the family involved when one of the firefighters saw a flash.

From WLEX-TV:

Someone fired a gun at least six times, about forty feet away, in their direction.

“There was a lot of panic. Mostly coming from the other side of the street. So we was trying to figure out who we needed to grab, who was screaming, where the shots were coming from, who had been shot,” Lt. Jamie Tinsley remembers.

McClain threw himself on the little boy standing nearby.  Firefighter Shawn Holloway pulled a woman out of her car, who was frozen with fear. Lieutenants Kevin Austin and Jamie Tinsley moved the rest of the family behind their engine.

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Posted by on April 12, 2012 • Filed under: Apparatus Wrecks, Command & Leadership, EMS Topics, fire, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, News, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,